Podcasts about color affection

Baby goat update (and jumping). A new shawl and the five shawls I wear the most (even if I say their names wrong repeatedly). Finished:Handspun socks from Three Waters FarmThe Doodler, Steven West Mystery KALIn Progress:Bedford by Michelle Wang in Jill Draper Makes Stuff, Hudson, colorway LilacHandspun socks in Into the Whirled5 Favorite Shawls:Aestlight Shawl by Gudrun Johnston in Madelintosh Tosh Merino Light colorway AfternoonMagic Ruffle Cake Shawl by Paula Emmons-Fuessle in a magic cake from a friendJuneberry Triangle by Jared Flood in Knit Picks Andean TreasureAdirondack by Sarah Punderson in Miss Babs Yowza, Babette colorway Treasure ChestColor Affection by Veera Valimaki in Knitting Notions Classic Merino SockKSF Shop - free shipping (US) with coupon code PRINTUS. $4 off International shipping with code PRINTINT. Good until 12/23.

This week Kelly has two finished projects! She finished her Crochet-Along project, the Happy Hippopotamus by Heidi Bears. This was an excellent pattern and the finished hippo is soooooooo darling! Also finished (but not yet blocked or worn) is the Color Affection, a shawl designed by Veera Valimaki. Kelly had a skein of heavy fingering and 4 skeins of DK and used them all, creating a shawl that is ENORMOUS! It will be a challenge to figure out how to wear it or where to put it once out of the cold :-) The colors are great together and it used some 5+ year old stash, so it is a clear win! Kelly's current projects all require some knitting repair, so let's not talk about those. ;-) Marsha isn't finished with her Lanata Cardigan, but she is close. Once sleeve cuffs are on, it's done. She is very happy with the sweater's design (by Amy Christoffers) and with the fabric she got from the German yarn that she used. She also continues to work on her brother Mark's Crazy Scarf from the Stonehedge Crazy yarn. She is also close to finishing her Stripe Study Shawl, another one of the designs from Veera Valimaki. In the spinning arena, Kelly is carding a lot! She has challenged herself to make significant progress in processing fleeces that are 5 or more years old. Since this is the last month of the challenge, she has put on the speed! No finished weight estimates yet, but her fiber stash was over 50 lbs at the start of this quarter. Marsha has been on a learning curve for spinning Lincoln. As a long wool, it is different from what she has spun before. Also, she is hand processing it and spinning from the lock. She is thinking of using it for a blanket, but will wait until the yarn is finished to determine a use. Lincoln is an excellent fleece for rugs, bags and other high wear uses that don't require "next-to-skin softness," but do require a stable and "unbouncy" yarn. Here are examples of some (pre-Ravelry) projects that Kelly has made with Lincoln and Lincoln crosses over the years. Leftovers from these projects are destined to be used in a punch-needle rug hooking project one day soon. Marsha was a finisher in the frigid Seattle Marathon the weekend after Thanksgiving.  Despite the cold and some challenges to her training in the month before the event she finished! Hurray!!! Kelly talks a little about the Locke family eggnog recipe and the revised version that can be made in a kitchen bowl rather than a bathtub!  

Welcome new listeners from the Shorty's Sutures and Libsyn Feed podcasts! Welcome also to our listeners from outside the US (including Brazil, Mexico, Sweden, and Norway)! Marsha and Kelly announce the winners in the Front Range Bags giveaway.  Thanks again to Nancy for offering one of her bags for a prize!  If you aren't the winner, don't despair.  She has generously offered a coupon code for 15% off to Two Ewes listeners!  Listen to the podcast or visit our Ravelry Group for details.  Then go shop for a Front Range Bag! Marsha had quite a bit of knitting time while at the hospital with her son.  Ben had a bad bicycle accident, but is now doing much better.  While at the trauma center she made lots of progress on the Mark's Crazy Scarf out of Stonehedge Crazy (mill ends).  She has also been working on the Stripe Study Shawl by Veera Valimaki.  She is using the yarn she created at Yarnia in Portland.  Despite all the knitting time, she has no finished projects this time. Kelly is still working on her Color Affection (also by Veera Valimaki).  She has used most of two skeins of the peacock blue, most of the large skein of spring green, and has just started on the second skein of brown yarn.  She made some modifications to the color pattern so that she could see more color interactions and use more yarn.  All that is left is a large band of solid brown at the bottom of the shawl, but it has become so large that each row takes soooooo loooooong.   During a Veteran's Day camping trip in The Clubhouse, Kelly also made progress on the Hippo (pattern by Heidi Bears).  Alas, not enough progress to be able to claim a finished project!  She also brought the drum carder so she could continue her fleece processing obsession.  The most recent batts are natural colored California Variegated Mutant blended with hand-dyed mohair locks.  Both are from very deep stash. The Indie Designer Gift-Along starts on Thursday, November 19.  Over 5,000 independent designers have their patterns available for 25% off.  Knitters and crocheters who have purchased these patterns can participate in a 6-week Gift-Along between November 19 and December 31.  See the Indie Gift Along group on Ravelry to check out the pattern bundles and the GAL threads.   A few crochet patterns that Kelly is considering are: Etheria cowl by Julia Trice True Love shawl and Latticework Cardigan by Michele DuNaier Geisha's Finest stole by Tanja Osswald Both our CAL and the GAL end on New Year's Eve so there is definitely some double dipping potential here!        

The Two Ewes want to shine a spotlight on Front Range Bags by Nancy Totten. Nancy has generously offered a project bag from her shop to a lucky Two Ewes listener. Kelly has one of her bags in SF Giants fabric and it's great! High quality, nice and roomy, and lots of handy features. It was the perfect bag for the Crackerjack Cowl project during baseball season. To enter, take a look in the Front Range Bags shop and report back to the contest thread in the Ravelry group. Tell us which bag you like best (exclusive of the custom orders) and let us know about your favorite features in the project bags you use. A winner will randomly selected during our podcast episode 30. Thank you Nancy! We appreciate the opportunity to spotlight your bags and your shop! Marsha finished her Antarktis Shawl by Janina Kallio. The color is brighter than any photo can show! Marsha continues to work on her Lanata Cardigan by Amy Christoffers and her Virus Shawl for the Two Ewes Crochet Along. Kelly is continuing her crochet along project which she is calling Hippopotamine. She is using the Happypotamus pattern by Heidi Bears. She is also obsessed with finishing A Bigger Affection using the Color Affection pattern by Veera Valimaki. A big oops! on the Crazy Vest needs to be repaired with surgery. It's the Mielie pattern by Hilary Smith Callis. Kelly's only finished project is a swatch of 2-ply, handspun Wensleydale for the Knit British Breed Swatch Along. Here is a link to the Knit British podcast episode and blog talking about the Swatch Along. Kelly's swatch is also a sample of yarn she is now making for her Aunt Betty for a vest from the Wensleydale. Marsha had a few "advent-ewes," one of which was Fiber Fusion, where she watched the fleece judging and succumbed to wool fumes and bought two more fleeces! One is a silver Gotland and the other is Romeldale in a variegated color. On the second day of Fiber Fusion, Marsha attended a class on how to select a fleece. The class was taught by Judith McKenzie (a national treasure if ever there was one!). Marsha also visited Yarnia in Portland. At Yarnia customers create yarn by combining strands from multiple cones into one one-of-a-kind yarn. Kelly had an "advent-ewe" of her own at the Pacific International Quilt Fest. This included a giant exhibit of mind-blowing textile art! A photo gallery will be posted in a separate blog post. Meanwhile, here is a link to this year's competition winners!  

In this episode Kelly and Marsha have lots to talk about! So much, in fact, that part of it won't be heard here, but will be released as a bonus episode about fiber myth busting later this week. The Two Ewes Crochet-a-Long started October 1st and ends December 31st. To view the rules, check out our Ravelry Group thread. We are thrilled that our listener Wendy of Knitty Kitty Bags has donated a project bag as a prize. Check out her shop to see her beautiful stock. Contact us if you would also like to add to the prize list! Kelly talks about her crochet project, Happypotamus by Heidi Bears. Marsha reports on her beginning crochet class and her project, Virus Shawl. Both Kelly and Marsha finished their Crackerjack Cowls by Stacy Simpson Duke.  Kelly has also started a Color Affection that she is calling A Bigger Affection since she is modifying it (of course!) to use DK yarn and be as big as possible to use up some very old stash. The peacock blue and the acid green have been waiting in stash to be used together for about 5 years! Marsha continues to work on her Lanata Cardigan by Amy Christoffers and her Antarktis Shawl by Janina Kallio.  Marsha also tells about the fabulous yarn she found at the Goodwill. Kelly will be attending the Pacific International Quilt Show in San Jose on October 17th and 18th. Marsha will be attending the Fiber Fusion in Monroe, Washington on October 17th and 18th.  

Episode 10 - Fair Enough Ravelry This podcast now has a group on Ravelry called “Hand y Machine Knitting Podcast”. What Would Ruthie Say? Ruthie would say “You’re never too old to learn and there is always something new to consider.”   Likes & Dislikes I like concentrated garlic juice for mosquito abatement and I dislike houses turned into office space. Events July 22-23, 2016 is the date for the next Monroe knitting machine event in Monroe, Michigan. Contact Cathy Reaume(734)-243-3016. monroeknitseminar@att.net   Stitches Midwest was large and busy and hit my wallet hard this year!   Jackson County Fair August 9-15, 2015. The machine knit gray cardigan won a blue ribbon. Gray ribbed socks made on the Legare 400 CSM also won a blue ribbon. My fair isle hat hand knit this past winter won a blue ribbon in that category. The hand knit lunch hour mittens won a red ribbon as did the 28’s Big Sister 77 shawl.   Michigan Fiber Festival coming up August 15-16 near Allegan, Michigan.   Circular Sock Machine gathering in Grand Ledge, Michigan August 22, 2015. This event is organized by Carol Larsen of Rivers Edge Fiber Arts http://www.riversedgefiberarts.com/  and Eric Wolff of Browning and Wolff  http://www.browningandwolff.etsy.com/   Interknit Machine Knitters seminar with Gini Woodward. October 10-11, 2015 in Glen Ellyn, Illinois. Acquisitions Malabrigo sock yarn in the 859 Primavera colorway. Huasco extra fine merino yarn by Araucania color #014 won on the bus to Stitches. Das Paar 75-25% wool blend by Schoppel purchased from The Fold booth. Ambiente superwash merino sock yarn also from The Fold booth. Miss Babs Tarte sock yarn 75% merino, 15% nylon, 10% tencel in the Bat S**t Crazy colorway. Miss Babs Yet 2 ply lace weight 65% merino, 35% tussah silk in three colors: Lilac, Spread Your Wings, and Moss. Knit Circus gradient stripe yarn in two colors: Wit and Learning Stripes which is 75% Corriedale and 25% nylon and Watermelon Stripes in the 80% super wash merino with 20% nylon. Diana Sullivan’s DVDs and books - 101 Tips and Tricks, Ribber Scarves, Baby Blankets, Finishing Tips The Answer Lady’s Machine Knitting Notebook, Knitting and Sew On, Merry Go Round cardigan pattern, and Every Which Way (all about reversible cables). Color Affection pattern. Hand Knitting I finished the slip stitch socks with Malabrigo sock yarn in the 850 Archangel colorway. The Gusset-Heel Gansey Sock by Katherine Misegades is coming along slowly. I’m sorry once again about the mispronunciation of her name. Knitting with Beaverslide Dry Goods merino wool. Color Affection with the Miss Babs Yet yarns. Machine Knitting Brother’s birthday socks in Lana Grossa Mega Boots Stretch Softcolor in the color #509.  Ribbed socks using Eric’s delicious yarn. The mismatched socks in Red Heart Heart and Sole yarn in the Congo colorway were frogged and reknit. All are knit with either the NZAK 60 cylinder or the Legare 400 72 cylinder. The cuff is 1 by 1 rib, the leg is 3 by 1 rib, short row heel and either a hand knit round toe or a short row toe done on the machine and later grafted. Contact Information My Ravelry name is annejeneer. Send me a friend request and please consider joining our Ravelry group for this podcast. I would love to hear from you - especially if you want to come on the show to talk about your own machine knitting experiences.   Bonus Music Track   Love Song by Nicholas Nugent. 

New cast-ons, a quick knitting needle review, and a(nother) new segment. Of course you'll have to get through 20 minutes of business chatter first. Enjoy!Lots of things happening in the Ravelry Group. Come join the group!Current Goings On:**Giveaway** Give me 3 TV/Movie Recommendations. Ends Oct.30![Ongoing] Handspun KAL and Submission 'Show Off' ThreadInstagram Hashtag: #sxshandspunkalHandmade Holiday AL - Need more end of the year commitments? Join in!Polls -- Let your voice be heard!NEW CONTEST -- WIP Wrangling. Who's in?New on the Needles:Color Affection | My ProjectKnitters Pride Karbonz Interchangeable Knitting Needle Starter Set - Holiday gift item anyone?Ten Stitch Blanket | My Project | Frankie Brown Patterns + Donation PageMy Gradient Spin [Want to do this for a future SAL? Voice your opinion here!]Treat Yo Self --- Indie Dyer Love: Corgi Hill Farm and JulieSpinsVeryPink Knits - Ravelry Group + Ten Stitch Tutorial of awesomenessSeptember 'Picks & Flicks'Pattern Picks:5 Basic Shawl Shapes + 5 Basic Circular Shawl Shapes *New*Campside [Want to do a KAL for this. Voice your opinion here!]Brindled + Knitty Deep Fall 2014Flicks:The Blacklist (NBC) - 22 hrs of viewing up on Netflix instant. Season 2 is on NBC.TGIT - Grey's Anatomy, Scandal, and How to Get Away with Murder! (ABC)The Lottery (Lifetime) - Season 1 just wrapped. The season finale... sooo good!

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Show Notes:Finished Objects - Gemini for the Stockinette Zombies KALNews and Notes -Eloise fleece purchased from Blue Goose Farms just down the street for The Fat Squirrel LoKAL. Bought combs from Lois at Bountiful to process it myself.SSK sign-upMargaret Radcliff workshop with my local knitting guild in November.Color Affection shawl KAL wrap-up.Prizes for 500 member give-away

This episode's audio is in-sync here, iTunes, and on the YouTube channel, but not at Blip.tv.Show Notes:Finished Objects -Color Affection shawlZuzu's Petals - love this pattern. Used Froggy Monkey handspun yarn - fiber from Gnome Acres.Racing Hearts socks - prototype and out of the colorway yarn.Works in Progress - Gemini in Cascade Ultra Pima Cotton in a light pink for the Stockinette Zombies KAL.Fitness - Training for 5K not going well.

Show Notes:News and Notes -I have been moving offices. I will begin recording here during my lunch breaks.No finished objects.Works in Progress -C25K socks - Racing Hearts socks in Desert Vista Dyeworks colorway. Two options available - Gray and RedColor Affection (KAL ends Sept. 18)Abalone cardigan by Hedgehog FibersUpcoming - Zuzu's Petals knit in the Froggy Monkey colorway handspun from Gnome Acres. THis was the pattern that won the viewer vote.Gemini KAL with Stockinette Zombies. Knit in Cascade Ultra Pima in a light pinkFitness -Joined a gymUsing the Ease into 5K app for my workoutsThis episode's audio is in-sync here, iTunes, and on the YouTube channel, but not at Blip.tv.

Show Notes:News and Notes -Richard joins me this week as a guest co-host. He talks about his knitting and shows off the scarf he made for Pig (my dog) for Pig's birthday.Finished Objects -TKGASS square 2 in Holiday Yarn Hanky Panky colorwayWorks in Progress -Garden socksC25K socks - Racing Hearts socks in Desert Vista Dyeworks colorway. Two options available - Gray and RedColor Affection (KAL ends Sept. 18)Abalone cardigan by Hedgehog FibersSpinning -Anzula fiber (Corridale) in the Ocean colorway (finished up)Dancing in the Hall by Storied Yarns  - 200 yes plus a small chain-plyed mini-skeinMountain Color Fiber in the Meadow colorwayChain-plyed remainder of the Abalone from Unwind Yarn Company for a mini-skein

Show Notes:No finished objects this week.Works in Progress -TKGASS square 3Garden socksC25K socks - Racing Hearts socksColor AffectionSpinning -Anzula fiber (Corridale) in the Ocean colorwayFitness - No C25K training this weekWalked way too much at the zoo!Enabling - Itty Bitty Toys book by Susan B. AndersonMountain Fiber from the Woolie EweWhite Rock Weaving and Craft Center - awesome fiber, spinning wheel parts, and purple heart spindle

In this episode, we interview the owner of Gather Here in Cambridge, MA.  Guido and I also delight you (we utterly delight you, I said) with tales of our current knitting projects: Quercus, Color Affection, and Baby Surprise Jacket.  Guido’s all aquiver over his yarn from Green Mountain Spinnery, so you should check them out … Continue reading "IAPM80: Gather Here"

In today's episode, it's time to catch up on the knitted projects. Plus, an essay by British writer and Druid, Nimue Brown.Shownotes: News & Noteworthy:-contest draw (yarn or spinning fibre) winner - Jennifer, Naamah13. For “On and Off the Needles”:“Off” Projects only today:Irish Coffee, by Thea ColmanYarn: Madelinetosh Chunky, 100% SW merino, aran weight, colourway “Rambler”.Telemark Pullover, by Erika FloryYarn: Gaia's Colours, Pales Twisty DK, colourway “Azur-Ava”.Rae scarf, by Jane Richmond Yarn: Purple Label MCN fingering by Tanis Fiber Arts, in the “Autumn Sun” colourway (September 2011 sock club yarn).Diagonal Lace socks, by Wendy Johnson Yarn: Skinny Bugga, 80/10/10 true fingering, by Sanguine Gryphon, in muted rainbow colourway “Frog-legged Leaf Beetle”. Sedum cardigan, by Jane RichmondYarn: Bernat Roving (single-ply bulky, 80% acrylic/20% wool) in “putty” colourway.A Test knit unnamed cardigan by Carol Feller, to be released next year. Made the one-year sizeYarn: Berocco Vintage Chunky in a pale bright green.Ameliorate fingerless mitts, by Hunter HammersenYarn: Gaia's Colours Fibre Arts, Silkie Sock in the colourway “Lolita”.Hacky Sack Hoodie, by Stef Pulford from the Son of Stitch n' Bitch bookYarn: Cascade Eco Wool, deep charcoal gray, 100% wool. Color Affection, by Vera ValimakiYarn: Fiberphile yarns, MCN luxe sock, 375yards/343metres, in “Stardust” and “Honey Amber”, and Earthly Hues Seedlings sock yarn (MCN), 375yards/343metres) in “Sunshine”.Song - Sora, “Heartwood”The Pagan Corner:Nimue Brown's essay - “Ancestors of Yarn”"I'm not sure when humans started spinning wool from fleece, but it goes back a long way into our history as a species, I assume to our first settling as farmers rather than being nomadic hunter gatherers. Yarn has played a significant part of life since then, as clothing and bedding, decoration, comfort, and art form. It's also traditionally a very female activity, in the western world, although I believe in South America knitting is one of those hard core macho things that men get together to do. Which goes to show that like most gender things it actually has more to do with culture than physicality.Our female ancestors then, for most of human history, were involved with yarn. A woman might be buried with her distaff even. Spinning, weaving, making and mending are traditional women's work. The methods we have, from the spindle and spinning wheels to knitting and crochet also connect us to the people who invented, developed and perfected them. Like so many of our ancestors, the yarn innovators are largely unknown, and there were probably a great many of them.Every woman who passes down this skill to a girl, is part of a huge web of weaving tradition. I learned knitting from my mother, crotchet from the mother of a boyfriend, spinning from several friends, although I'm not very good at it! I learned naalbinding (which might not be how you spell it!) to make traditional Viking socks, which take forever but are stunningly substantial. The wool work doesn't come alone though. Alongside it come the tales of other knitters and crafters, family myths and anecdotes. While the hands are busy, the mind has plenty of room to wander.I find wool work incredibly soothing. If I'm rattled, my mind in chaos and my body weary, then to sit down with wool is one of the best therapies. The rhythm of it is innately soothing. Watching small pieces of creativity form between my fingers is affirming, settling. The stories and inspiration of other wool workers are very much with me, and I feel part of something much bigger than I am. There's a power in weaving, knitting, spinning – the power to take the raw materials of nature and fashion them into something essential for life in a cold climate. Wool for our ancestors must have contributed to survival, a vital part of culture that made human life viable in tough locations.I heard a story once, that Arran sweaters have complex designs because each family had its own pattern. The women made them so that if a drowned sailor washed ashore, they could figure out who he was, who his people were. I can't imagine making a jumper for my man that would mark him as mine in case he died, that must take a certain kind of pragmatic courage.Modern life is full of things that claim to be convenient, but that take far more from us than they give. I know a lot of women who are returning to wool, or learning it anew, because it makes sense to them on an emotional level as well as a practical one. Being able to do the essential things of life matters and in turn makes your life feel more real. Ancestral pursuits like this bring a sense of stability, rootedness and belonging. We need that. In cultures full of uprooted people, in times where continuity and certainty are hard to come by, reaching back into the past makes a lot of sense. The ancestors are all there, behind us. A sense of belonging is a precious thing to have when everything else feels a bit fragile and uncertain. Between climate change and the world economies, and the insane priorities of politicians, life for any aware person is not comfortable, even in our relatively insulated western world.The wool tribe is there, for anyone willing to pick up the threads and find out how to make them. Your grandmothers will have done it, and your great grandmothers. The odds are you had some distant grandfathers who kept or sheared sheep, too. Go back far enough and most of us have that, in fact. The threads of wool can also be threads of continuity, safety lines to remind us of where we came from and how we connect to the other creatures, and to the earth. We can bind our own stories into the wool."Anyone interested in a deeper look at ancestry, from an overtly Druid perspective, is invited to pick up a copy of Nimue's new book, Druidry and the Ancestors.  She blogs most days at Druidlife

(sub-titled ... also 5 months until Christmas - eek!!) Jen talks about the Color Affection, brainstorms about Christmas knitting (just a little), gives a quick 2-circ tutorial, gets really excited about the Ravellenics, continues to talk about Halos of Hope, and discusses a new-to-her event coming up this fall in Boston